- #1 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,103 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Romance 12%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #2 Lost Connections
96% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Amber Pearl
Windows
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: Emotional 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #3 My Vow to My Liege
96% matchVery Positive92% of 4,086 reviews2020
Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
《My Vow to My Liege》is a visual novel dating game. Players get to play as a girl disguised as the King of Ng, a man. The 4 dateable characters are: the guide, the enemy, the minister and the guard.Will they choose the man over the country? Love over hate? Who will they finally end up with?
Why similar: Romance 32.8%, Female Protagonist 28%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choices Matter 6.6%, RPG 6.3%
- #4 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
Why similar: Romance 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%
- #5 a new life.
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,402 reviews2020
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Romance 19.6%, Emotional 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #6 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
93% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Romance 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #7 Melancholy Love
94% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: Romance 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Emotional 12%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #8 Heart Fragment
92% matchVery Positive92% of 330 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.
Why similar: Romance 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #9 Mizuchi 白蛇心傳
91% matchVery Positive96% of 114 reviews2020
Dev: Aikasa Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mizuchi 白蛇心傳 is a heartfelt and philosophical yuri visual novel inspired by the Legend of the White Snake and multiple folklores. Follow Linh's journey with a beautiful shape-shifting temptress and a resourceful warrior nun, and experience a story of friendship, love, transformation, and belonging.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.3%, Romance 10.9%, LGBTQ+ 10%, Emotional 9.6%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #10 The Radiants
91% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows · Mac
The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.
Why similar: Romance 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #11 Glass Heart
90% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Eternal Love Studios, LLC.
Windows
A 20% chance is all you have to survive the surgery. Will love give you the strength to continue this life or will you be singing with the angels? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Romance 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Emotional 12.2%, Visual Novel 11%
- #12 Demonheart
89% matchVery Positive91% of 756 reviews2017
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.
Why similar: Romance 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #13 Island of Hearts
89% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Titan Digital MediaPub: 4Divinity
Windows · Mac
After a rough breakup, you do what any reasonable person would: escape to a remote tropical island full of beautiful strangers. There, you’ll meet many captivating women, each with her own charm, secrets, and questionable taste in men. Your choices decide who you love, lose, or accidentally ghost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Romance 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Visual Novel 9%
- #14 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
86% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Surreal 13.1%, Story Rich 11%
- #15 Seraphim Slum
88% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.
Why similar: Philosophical 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Surreal 10.7%, Romance 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #16 Secrets of the Heartbeat
86% matchVery Positive84% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: RainbowGame
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Confronted with life's peak, diverse romance beckons. Do you choose the allure of a charming secretary or the wisdom of an independent yoga instructor? Will you pursue distant celebrities or seek the sincerity of a working girl's love? Each choice shapes your journey.
Why similar: Romance 26.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, RPG 8.9%
- #17 Road to Empress I
84% matchVery Positive87% of 11,584 reviews2025
Dev: New One Studio
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.9%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #18 LoveChoice
84% matchVery Positive92% of 36,143 reviews2021
Dev: Akaba Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
Why similar: Romance 29.7%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #19 Wicked Willow
85% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: T.F. Wright
Windows · Mac · Linux
If they call me wicked for following my heart, then so be it. Awaken your inner witch, pursue forbidden love, and unlock your destiny in this visual novel adventure, with 8 unique plot paths.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.5%, Female Protagonist 18%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Story Rich 12.9%
- #20 BAD END THEATER
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #21 Arcadie: Second-Born
83% matchVery Positive95% of 389 reviews2022
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac
In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.
Why similar: Romance 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 11.1%, LGBTQ+ 10.3%
- #22 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
82% matchVery Positive93% of 5,966 reviews2023
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Magic 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #23 Spirited Heart Deluxe
87% matchMixed46% of 90 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Spirited Heart is a fantasy life simulation game. Create your fantasy alter ego choosing between an apparently normal human, a cute elf and a wicked demoness. Run your life in a virtual fantasy world: choose a job from the 20 different ones available, raise your stats, and maybe even find romance!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Romance 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #24 Reviver
81% matchVery Positive93% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.
Why similar: Emotional 18.7%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Romance 16.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #25 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
80% matchVery Positive86% of 774 reviews2025
Dev: 番茄炖肉制作组Pub: Comma 49
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a game of dreams, where the price of failing to escape is eternal slumber. Across shifting worlds, you meet 'him.' Is he merely a kindred spirit born of crisis, or a forgotten soul from your distant memories? A heart-pounding romance adventure across the dreamscape—begins now!
Why similar: Romance 18.6%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #26 Sigh of the Abyss
79% matchVery Positive96% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Rascal Devworks
Windows
Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love. Your choices will save or condemn mortals, shaping the fate of a city as beautiful as it is cruel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Romance 10%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #27 Charming Hearts
79% matchVery Positive88% of 582 reviews2024
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
"Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Romance 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11%, Emotional 10.7%
- #28 Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat
78% matchVery Positive97% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: pankuzufactory
Windows · Mac
"Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat" is a dating simulation game set in a school. Interact with the girls and gain their love. You must then offer that love to the devil you love.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Simulation 14.9%, Adventure 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%
- #29 Border of her Heart
81% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Romance 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #30 her tears were my light
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 820 reviews2022
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
a love story between time and space
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Romance 20.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #31 Deadly Heart Gambit
76% matchVery Positive93% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Blink Hydrate ブリンク
Windows
You only have 3 months left to live. Gamble for extra time in Alice-sama’s life-or-death game. Be careful — she wants to steal your heart. 🔪🔪🔪💜
Why similar: Romance 34.8%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Story Rich 17.6%
- #32 Demonheart: Hunters
78% matchVery Positive84% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.
Why similar: Romance 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #33 memories
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,525 reviews2023
Dev: guiyyuPub: Spookulele Games
Windows · Mac
memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.
Why similar: Romance 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Emotional 15.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #34 Ren'ai 0 Kilometer
74% matchVery Positive94% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: kawaiinium
Windows
"Love 0 Kilometers" is a novel game with choices. The ending will change depending on the choices you make. Through a limited-time family swap, the protagonist spends time with his childhood friend, deepening his relationship with a cute girl and enjoying special conversations.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.3%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Adventure 6.1%
- #35 Drops of Death
73% matchVery Positive93% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Romance 17.9%, Choices Matter 15%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #36 Alice in Stardom - A Free Idol Visual Novel
77% matchVery Positive84% of 162 reviews2019
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Can you manage to beat your competitors to be the next top idol- and maybe even win their hearts in the process?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Romance 14.6%, RPG 7%
- #37 Asphyxia
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 277 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?
Why similar: Romance 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Emotional 8.6%
- #38 The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth
70% matchVery Positive93% of 2,815 reviews2026
Dev: 玛奇阿朵互娱科技Pub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.
Why similar: Romance 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #39 A Pinch of Magic
75% matchVery Positive84% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Magic 13.8%, Romance 13%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #40 Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds
74% matchVery Positive93% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: Rascal Devworks
Windows
Embrace the monster within to free yourself from a curse in this dark fantasy visual novel, a standalone introduction to the characters and setting of Sigh of the Abyss.
Why similar: Romance 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Emotional 9.2%
- #41 Heartspell: Horizon Academy
71% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Dire Kitten Games
Windows
Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.
Why similar: Romance 20.3%, Choices Matter 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Magic 13%
- #42 Yuri Dating Agency
73% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #43 恋爱吗?我家猫会后空翻
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,655 reviews2025
Dev: 光循花火工作室
Windows
Play as the protagonist – a university student with a "superpowered romance system" who attracts six captivating women. Your choices will shape relationships through a branching storyline, allowing you to choose between loyal love or multiple endings. Experience a transformative romantic journey.
Why similar: Romance 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #44 RGB GlitchGazer
70% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.1%, Emotional 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Surreal 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #45 Arcadia Fallen
71% matchVery Positive95% of 547 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Romance 18.5%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%
- #46 Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel
71% matchVery Positive89% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Wraiith303Pub: IF THEN ELSE Interactive Fiction
Windows
Infinite Stars is a visual novel filled with romance, mystery & roleplaying elements where you choose how the adventure unfolds. Establish your character & personality through the hundreds of choices presented in this interactive fiction inspired by stories like Dune, The Expanse & Mass Effect.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Romance 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #47 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
69% matchVery Positive93% of 4,366 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #48 Always Sometimes Monsters
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,447 reviews2014
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Story Rich 17.3%, RPG 16.8%, Romance 12.4%
- #49 Heart of the House
72% matchVery Positive90% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.1%, Choices Matter 30.6%, RPG 15.7%, Adventure 11.6%
- #50 Ceress and Orea
72% matchVery Positive88% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: Plueschkatze
Windows
Ceress is sentenced to death for being in love with the oracle Orea. But stubborn as she is, she calls out to an old deity, demanding a chance to change this unrighteousness. - Can Ceress overcome death to be reunited with the woman she loves?
Why similar: Romance 25.8%, LGBTQ+ 22.7%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Emotional 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #51 Summer’s Heartbeat
66% matchVery Positive96% of 356 reviews2026
Dev: Storytaco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Village romance hotter than summer's heat! Drowning in debt, you escape to the countryside only to meet the loan shark noona, your first love, and the tsundere village princess! This summer, your heart’s melting faster than ice cream. Who’s going to set your world on fire?
Why similar: Romance 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
- #52 taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store
66% matchVery Positive98% of 327 reviews2025
Dev: ForeverFuture Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A beautiful Dark Knightess from another world enlisted me in her quest to slay a rogue wizard, and now we're dating! But what if she finds out I have no idea who the Gray Wizard is?!
Why similar: Romance 31.4%, LGBTQ+ 25.4%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Adventure 4.5%
- #53 Criminally Yours
67% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.
Why similar: Romance 20.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #54 Black Lily's Tale
68% matchVery Positive88% of 485 reviews2023
Dev: 1000-REKA
Windows
Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.4%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 13.3%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #55 Life After Magic
67% matchVery Positive98% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: Team StarlightPub: Chirashi Games
Windows · Linux
Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Romance 16%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #56 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
66% matchVery Positive88% of 3,694 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Philosophical 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Emotional 11.2%
- #57 Clover Reset
67% matchVery Positive89% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: vividX
Windows
"Hey, do you know the meaning of the four-leaf clover?" Set at "Shonan Saika Academy," a prestigious school in Shonan, Kanagawa Prefecture, this is a youthful story of girls wavering between friendship and love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14.1%
- #58 Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet
66% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #59 Only You
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 746 reviews2026
Dev: 忘雪社Pub: WindField Games
Windows · Linux
"Problem Child" me, Class Heartthrob her—two lines that should never cross collided through a series of coincidences, shattering my monochrome world. Crave her eyes on me alone, crave her world with me alone. The once-pure admiration begins to twist...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Female Protagonist 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Romance 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%
- #60 Blooming Nightshade
69% matchVery Positive84% of 231 reviews2019
Dev: Nightshade
Windows · Mac · Linux
After hearing about a number of student couples forming at her school, Himeka Uchida decides to look for a girlfriend of her own. As she gets wrapped up in the daily lives of her friends and classmates at Solana Academy, will she find the romance she seeks?
Why similar: Romance 20.2%, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Emotional 16%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%